Efficient Gate-tunable light-emitting device made of defective boron nitride nanotubes: From ultraviolet to the visible

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Attaccalite, Claudio ^a   Wirtz, Ludger ^b,c   Marini, Andrea ^d   Rubio, Angel ^e,f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut Superieur de l'Electronique et du Numerique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

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EID: 84884936277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02698     Document Type: Article

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